The Sphinx's Lair

Once upon a time, there was a young prince. This prince had a puzzle instructor, and one day he arrived in his instructor's chambers, only to find that there was only a note on his table. I've left you this riddle, dear prince, you see, This is a test, while I rest my knee. There are plen...

Beastly Gerbil

Oh right

Deusovi

8:18 PM

nah, from my POV I ninja'd you

Beastly Gerbil

yeah thats what I meant

I guess that was ambiguous

Deusovi

ah, alright

TrojanByAccident

@Deusovi ninja'd is ambiguous for either

Beastly Gerbil

Ooh a bounty! visibly perks up

dcfyj

Well, this is interesting...

Khale_Kitha

8:19 PM

@BeastlyGerbil lol

dcfyj

What's wrong with this picture, lol

Beastly Gerbil

@dcfyj there's aparently 4 :P

Mithrandir

Ha

It says 4 and there are 5

Rubio

Finally!

Beastly Gerbil

It's loaded 5 now

Rubio

8:20 PM

The Times is solved!

dcfyj

By the way, no edits were made to that picture

Khale_Kitha

About 'Time'

Deusovi

So why was the format important?

Beastly Gerbil

damn it! I taught myself braille a few weeks ago yet still didn't get it!

dcfyj

For shame!

Rubio

8:21 PM

There were only two clues in there to get you to Braille (other than "Grade 2", which wouildn't really help you unless you were already there).

One was "visual ..?!"

Beastly Gerbil

chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/14524?m=34508887#34508887 sigh

Rubio

The other was the bolded text You'd have to be blind

Beastly Gerbil

>.<

dcfyj

lol

Rubio

which would stick out to a blind person if it wasn't written in a way that made it blend in

Beastly Gerbil

8:22 PM

I'm so annoyed at myself

dcfyj

Gotta love blatant clues that people overlook

Rubio

That one phrase is why I made a newspaper. :)

Khale_Kitha

"Grade 2" Facepalm -- nice

Mithrandir

O_o

@TrojanByAccident are we on the right track?

TrojanByAccident

@Mithrandir No

Beastly Gerbil

8:25 PM

@TrojanByAccident does your riddle sort of have a part of a word on each line, or does one word fit it all?

Khale_Kitha

Aw

TrojanByAccident

The answer is really simple

Beastly Gerbil

that doesn't answer my question :P

TrojanByAccident

Wow

I'm an idiot

My rep shows "+30/-50" for A Nine Letter Word

I was thinking "why was it downvoted so much?"

lol

Beastly Gerbil

:P

any you still haven't answered my question (just say if you don't want to or thats too much of a hint)

Khale_Kitha

8:27 PM

I did the same thing, earlier, Trojan! hahaha

TrojanByAccident

@BeastlyGerbil Well, I can't answer that without making it easier than it already is

which is too easy

@Khale_Kitha first time setting a bounty, really confused me lol

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, I've only done it a couple of times, and not in a while, so Ihad the same issue.

Mike Q

The phrases "rest my knee" and "key" are a bit unusual, so maybe they're important?

Khale_Kitha

Agreed

To the first, at least

Beastly Gerbil

I was thinking first line gives 'i'/'eye' (to see), next gives 'ni' (knee) etc.

Khale_Kitha

8:30 PM

when I see 'rest' and 'key', my mind goes to music

and 'see'

and 'note'

Beastly Gerbil

no music tag

Rubio

What in the world is UUCAIR* about, if I might ask?

Mike Q

@Rubio Words that sound like letters

Khale_Kitha

I actually had yucair

ahh

I was using "left you"

Rubio

Ah.

Mike Q

8:33 PM

I was thinking "UU" could be "W" (double U) but apparently this is the wrong strategy... I like Khale's music idea.

Khale_Kitha

@Trojan We're going to slap ourselves when we get this, aren't we?

Beastly Gerbil

bestforpuzzles.com/lists/musical-terms/9.html

Khale_Kitha

Siciliano - now I'm hungry..

Mike Q

Cacaphony is 9 letters, related to music, and can be considered "absurd".

Rubio

You said it was simple. I went simple.

Beastly Gerbil

8:36 PM

@Rubio I hope you are wrong for the sake of not bringing the sandbox back

Rubio

:)

I do too.

dcfyj

I missed something

Rubio

Really? Downvoting? lol

Mithrandir

@Rubio downvote; no lateral thinking tag.

Beastly Gerbil

@TrojanByAccident are we on track with music

TrojanByAccident

8:38 PM

@Khale_Kitha Yes

dcfyj

3 downvotes and a selfdeletion and you get a badge :P

Rubio

I know. I'm holding out for that now :)

peer pressure

Peer pressure :p

someone downvote!

8:38 PM

Now that I'm not pushing toward 10k I can waste a little rep here and there hehe

Khale_Kitha

someone did

dcfyj

I actually think it's a good answer, but you're right, no lateral-thinking

Beastly Gerbil

now delete!

Rubio

Ooooh. Hey, you got me to an even rep count again too. Yay!

Beastly Gerbil

yay I get my 1 rep back. Thats the most important thing of course

TrojanByAccident

8:39 PM

Hmm

Khale_Kitha

hahaha, I forgot about that

TrojanByAccident

Actually

that tag might apply

not sure

Khale_Kitha

LOL!

dcfyj

lol

Khale_Kitha

If nothing else, add the word

dcfyj

8:40 PM

Does it require "outside-the-box" thinking?

TrojanByAccident

@Khale_Kitha No ;)

Khale_Kitha

You said it was a one-word answer, no?

dcfyj

If so, it's probably lateral-thinking

TrojanByAccident

@Khale_Kitha Reference?

Mike Q

"But the key comes in the form of a nine letter word." One word, right?

Khale_Kitha

8:41 PM

I'm not really sure where I got that from, now...

@TrojanByAccident "But the key comes in the form of a nine letter word"

That's why.

Mithrandir

Also it's written on a note

dcfyj

alien?

Mithrandir

Phone misinterpreting

Wow

TrojanByAccident

I can't say anything else without giving away the answer

Mithrandir

It got that word

Khale_Kitha

8:42 PM

voice to text?

No

For the win!

ah

Swupe

Sorry, had to star that one.. lol

dcfyj

8:43 PM

I usually don't have issues swyping

Mithrandir

... That was manually typed

Khale_Kitha

haha

dcfyj

Go home mith, you're drunk lol

Mithrandir

I have trouble swuping though

Khale_Kitha

Okay, so the 'key to solving' is a 9-letter word, then.

But the answer is not.

dcfyj

8:44 PM

you have trouble typing too

Mithrandir

I'm 14 not drunk

2

dcfyj

That's good

2

Mithrandir

*hides beer bottles*

dcfyj

That's bad

2

Mithrandir

Don't care. Flying your jam.

2

Khale_Kitha

8:46 PM

Or the 'key reason'

dcfyj

@Mithrandir Flying your jam?

TrojanByAccident

12 mins ago, by Khale_Kitha

@Trojan We're going to slap ourselves when we get this, aren't we?

Mithrandir

@dcfyj <

dcfyj

You're making no sense

Khale_Kitha

3 mins ago, by dcfyj

Go home mith, you're drunk lol

:P

Mithrandir

8:47 PM

*facepalm*

dcfyj

Flying your jam makes no sense

Mithrandir

Dcfyj

dcfyj

I know he's jokingly hiding fake bottles

Mithrandir

Don't care. Flying your jam.

dcfyj

What does flying your jam mean? It makes no sense lol

Mithrandir

8:48 PM

... Aka dcfyj.

Khale_Kitha

....lol

Your name

dcfyj

ok, I see but still a senseless sentence lol

Mithrandir

Don't care. Finally, you joked!

Khale_Kitha

darn children finding yellow jammies

Mithrandir

Rand made a puzzle for you right?

dcfyj

8:50 PM

If you're trying to find the meaning of these 5 letters you're guaranteed to fail.

Khale_Kitha

I just had that up... lol

dcfyj

Yeah, he did

Rubio

Dastardly Cthulhu follower yodeling jingles.

NAILED IT.

dcfyj

As I said, guaranteed to fail.

Mithrandir

Blood and ashes.

dcfyj

8:52 PM

You have 0% chance of finding the meaning of these 5 letters

Mithrandir

We're going to fill up the chat like this

dcfyj

Probably

Mithrandir

D'Arvit

dcfyj

Lol, haven't read that in a while

I used to be able to read that alphabet

Khale_Kitha

@Trojan The answer must surely be:
odie
ere
peir
yhnr

:P

Mithrandir

8:54 PM

Surely

You've got it

Khale_Kitha

(every 9th letter, lol)

Mithrandir

China aromatic

3

What

Congratulations

Wth did that do?

Rubio

I, um, think @Mithrandir needs an intervention :) What are you on about?

Khale_Kitha

oops, last line would have actually been 'etae' if that was actually useful

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